Train station

[Buchmann]

My M-W '2nd Int.' has a stack of books on it which I don't
want to move right now, but a 1953 M-W NEW COLLEGIATE
gives the following:

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DEE-poh
(esp. mil. and Brit.) DEHP-oh

1. A place of deposit for goods; a storehouse.
2. U.S. A railroad station.
3. Mil.
  a. A place of deposit for supplies.
  b. A station where recruits are assembled and trained.
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Mark Odegard wrote:

> Something tells me 'depot' was a small town freight-and-passenger station,
> vs. a formal center-city passenger-only station. It was certainly a bus
> depot when I grew up, though 'bus station' also was also heard.
> The idea seems to be a pick up/drop off point along a route vs. the
> station/terminal at the end of the route, as with 'bus stop' vs 'bus
> station'.